Collegiate Bridge

05/30/2026

Mic drop! 🎤 Congratulations ! Go set this world on fire!🔥🎓🌍

05/25/2026

Before Memorial Day became a federal holiday filled with flags, cookouts, and ceremonies, its roots began with an act of remembrance led by formerly enslaved Black Americans at the end of the Civil War.

On May 1, 1865, in Charleston, South Carolina, thousands of freed Black Americans organized what many historians now recognize as the first Memorial Day observance in American history.

At the end of the civil war, a former Confederate racetrack was a prison camp where captured Union soldiers, who died fighting against slavery, were dumped in unmarked mass graves. The Black community exhumed the bodies, gave them proper burials, built a whitewashed fence around the cemetery, and erected an archway reading: “ Martyrs of the Race Course.”

Roughly 10,000 people gathered, including nearly 3,000 Black schoolchildren carrying flowers and singing songs, honoring the Union soldiers and freedom.

Years later, in 1868, Union General John A. Logan would formally established “Decoration Day,” which later evolved into Memorial Day. But during the Jim Crow era, the Black origins of the holiday were erased from the mainstream story.

The story remained buried for generations until historian David W. Blight rediscovered documentation of the Charleston ceremony in the Harvard archives during the 1990s.

More Americans are finally learning that one of the earliest Memorial Day commemorations in U.S. history was organized by Black Americans who had only recently won their own freedom.

Today, we honor all men and women who served and sacrificed for our nation. May we continue to remember the history, the courage, and sacrifices.

05/24/2026

Congratulations to the Class of 2026 🎓

There were probably days you wanted to quit, days you doubted yourself, and days you felt completely exhausted. But you kept showing up anyway.

This moment means more than a degree. It’s proof that the hard days were worth pushing through.

We are so proud of every graduate who stayed committed and believed in what was possible for their future. ✨

Your hard work brought you here, and this is only the beginning. 💛

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05/21/2026

📣 Reminder— Calm in the Chaos🌿 Sister Circle is Tonight!

We creating a space to exhale. To talk honestly. To feel supported. To remember you’re not alone in what you’ve been carrying.

We’ll gather tonight 5/21 at 8 PM EST on Zoom for an evening of sisterhood, reflection, and real conversation.

Sign up here to get link to join👇🏽

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/YT_6YYJeR1aWLGOfWbPZ2g

💛 We’d love to have you there.

05/20/2026

🌿 Calm in the Chaos is tomorrow evening.

If life has felt heavy lately, this is your reminder that you don’t have to hold everything by yourself. Join us for a gentle evening of conversation, reflection, and community with women who get it.

📅 May 21
⏰ 8 PM EST
💻 Via Zoom registration required.
🔗Link
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/YT_6YYJeR1aWLGOfWbPZ2g

There’s still time to register 💛

05/19/2026

Your vote is your power. Don’t hand it over by staying silent. 🗳️ Go Vote!

05/14/2026

✨ Calm in the Chaos ✨

Right now feels heavy for a lot of us.

If you’ve been needing a space to breathe, process, talk, or simply not feel alone, join us for a virtual Sister Circle hosted by Collegiate Bridge through our Roots of Resilience program.

No pressure. No pretending. Just real conversation, support, and community.

📅 May 21
⏰ 8 PM
💻 Zoom - Registration required

🔗 Registration Link👇🏽
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/YT_6YYJeR1aWLGOfWbPZ2g

💛 Free & open to all women

Come as you are.

05/11/2026

Education doesn’t just fill your mind, it empowers you to shape your future with confidence.✨ Your story is yours to write—believe in your potential! 💪🏽🎓

05/11/2026

05/10/2026

Today we pay tribute and honor to all the mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, cousins, and sister friends who teach, love, nurture, and hold us down everyday!

to all the mothers in our village and beyond! May you receive the peace, joy, & relaxation you earned and deserve today!